MSVO 4, 68 (P005470)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), dated to the Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC) period and now kept in Anonymous

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

anonymous

Museum Number

Anonymous 005470

Period

Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Undetermined

Measurements

42.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 0.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. 1(N14) , BARA2~a DUB~b URI3~a#?
2. 5(N01) , BARA2~a GAL~a MAR~b
reverse
column 1
1. 1(N14) 5(N01) , BARA2~a# X

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Consult word list of Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Undetermined

Chronology

Period	Uruk III (ca. 3200-3000 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P005470
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P005470

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	42.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 0.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	uncertain (mod. uncertain)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	anonymous
Museum Number	Anonymous 005470
Accession Number

References

primary: MSVO 4, 68

[Englund1996MSVO4] Englund, Robert K. 1996. Proto-Cuneiform Texts from Diverse Collections. Materialien Zu Den Frühen Schriftzeugnissen Des Vorderen Orients, Band 4. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.

42 x 33 x ? - previous publication: B. Kienast, JCS 19 (1965) 42, no. 52 - the copy was made according to that published by Kienast and is probably dependable, with the exception of the rendering of the sign URI3a in the first case, and MARb of the second c
history: JCS 19 (pp. 41-44), 42, no. 52

[Kienast1965TextsFragments] Kienast, Burkhart. 1965. “Texts and Fragments (52-60).” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 19 (2): 41–44. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359604.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-08-02 at 12:53:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-29 at 18:24:16	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-16 at 16:09:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2018-02-12 at 09:17:58	Englund, Robert K.	Transliteration	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved
2007-02-02 at 15:13:27	Dahl, Jacob L.	Transliteration	Dahl, Jacob L.	CDLI	Approved
2006-10-12 at 12:13:08	CDLI	Transliteration	CDLI	CDLI	Approved
2001-12-04 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 4, 68 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005470.

MSVO 4, 68 artifact entry (No. P005470). (2024, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005470 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 4, 68 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005470 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005470},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“MSVO 4, 68 Artifact Entry.” (2001) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 2, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P005470.

MSVO 4, 68 artifact entry (No. P005470). (2024, August 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P005470 (Original work published 2001)

MSVO 4, 68 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P005470 (Accessed: April 18, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-18]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {aug 2},
	title = {MSVO 4, 68 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P005470},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P005470},
}

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